Check book



Patented July 28, 1931 ALoYsmsJ. ,'UN'I'ACK, or Los-,ANGELEsyosmromrm canon :Boox

I Applicatibii fil-ea February, 27, 19-23. .seri-dina. zs'n'svav My invention relates to check books of 'the fold-able' pocket type and consisting of a'fcover and ajch'eck pad, the latter being made up of a mu'itipiicity 4of [checksI bound together by 5 Wiie sta-ples extending through the check stube andaeheet of rabi-ic glued 'to and'iooveringf the edge' of theistubsjto conceal'the staples, `but primarily designed to'attach a cardboard fiap tofthe pad employed for `relm tainingthepadwithin a pocket of the cover.

In check books of this general character the expense involved in the binding of the checks into pad form and the attaching of the retaining fiap is relatively high, and

'15 greatly increases the cost of manufacture of such an article, While an additional manufacturing expense is incurred by the necessity arising of providing in the pad a pocket for the retainingfiap inaddition to the passbook receiving pocket. Further, the 'check pad is not designed for nor'is it capabie of displacement from the cover Without detachment but is intended to and does remain superimposed on the cover When unfolded 5 for Writing; Due to the folds of the cover,

the checks cannot be flattened out When extended on the cover, and, oonsequently, an undulated surface'is presented Which renders it diflicult to Write on legibly.

It is a purpose of my'invention to provide a check book Which purports to appreciably reduce the cost of binding the checks into pad A form, and to attach the pad to the cover in a differentmanner to the elimination of the 'i .attaching flap and the corresponding pocket and to per-mit the check pad to be removed from the cover and placed flatWise for vvrit ing and 'Without actually detaching the pad from the cover so that it Will not become ac- 49 cidentally detached from the cover and can be readily returned to its original position Within the cover.

I Will describe only one form of check book embodying my invention and Will then f? point out the novel features in claims.

Fig. 1 is apview showingin top plan one form of check book embodying my invention in extended or unfolded position;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view 13 fi showing the check book in folded poStiOnj Fig; 3 is an' enlarged fragmentary perspectivel view sh'o'wingthe check pad'vvithin, but detachedfrom the cover; and f Fig. '4: is a perspective VView shofvvingvtho Z cheekbook in extended position'for Writing. 155

`In carrying' outmy invention, I provide seen article of manufaeturelaleheok pad P Which' compriseis a plufralitypf 'checks 15 and a their" aocompanying stubsfll Securedin a.

smoked 'formation fio'form a,- padhy'the preto vision of, a head member 17 having-a twopart 'shank 18v extended 'through "and 'Secured in the s'tubs 16 sog'as to fi'rmly Secure thechecks in fpad 'form-i- The head'member' '1'7 is exposed at the1 upper side of thepad to) permit en- 65 gageme'nt with a Companion soeketmember 19'having 'a' two-part shank 20 Vshovvn as'secured facovifll. The socket member 19 is Secured 'within a flap 21 on one end of the cover K,;ahd one part of the shankQO is Ioonstrueted-to'provde Whatmay be ter-med a button disposed atV the outer side of the flap as shownin'Figs. 1 and. j j i The cover K is made -ofany suitable ma'- teria'l such' as'leatherorffabric and is 'of such dimensonsasto receive the cheek page'P and 'form hott only'the' flap 21 buta closure flja'p 22 having a' socket member 23 adapted' to ehgag'e and receive a he'a'dilnenber 24 to'vsecure the. flap in -thepoeition' shown'in Figfl and in fwhiph thoehepk book asa wholet is reta'ivned 'in folded orfc-losed position; The cover K is providedfwith' a i sin-gle pocket "25 'in which, i 's adapted" to 'bereceived'the' 'pass-book indioated-ata. Howeveno `pocket'' f-oir the rev- 'cefptioh of a retaining' fiap Vofthe check pad is neoesar'ifi this cover'by' reason of the'hmmisV I.`ovidedV for securing the check pad 'vvi'thin the coveri j. o

fAs shown in rtg.A &the; VCheck padV P' is 'U adapted kto be positionedwithin the Icover so that afportion of 'the stub'end thereof Will be dispo'sed beneath the flap 21 Whenthe latt'er is -fo1ded, *as/shown in-Figs. 1 and', whereby the socket member' v19 'can Ybe'pressed'down- Wardly to force the head member iITfthereinto-fafidftothereby se'c'ure the 4check pad to 'the Vflal')p and proper tposition within the cover. It `Will be' understood that the head andesoeket members 17'a'nd'219 const-aute the two parts of a Conventional snap fastener and that when the head member is once forced into the socket member it is retained against accidental displacement yet permitting relative rotation of the two parts. VVhen the check book is folded, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the check pad continues to be secured to the cover, as the folding of the check pad and cover is ineffective to dislodge the head member` :from the socket member.

When desiring to use the check pad for the filling in of a check and the corresponding stub, the pad is extended from the cover' without detachment therefrom so that the pad assumes What may be termed an end-to-end position with respect to the cover as illustrated in Fig. 4. WVith the cover removed from beneath the pad it will be manifest that the pad can be flattened to present an even surface upon which to Write. If the pad is not at an angle convenient for writing With respectto the cover, the rotative movement permitted through the coaction of the head and socket members 17 and 19 will allow the pad to be shifted to any angular position.

In returning the check pad to its original position Within the cover it is only necessary to first longitudinally align the cover With respect to the padwhen the latter can be swunff inwardly beneath the pad7 the flap 21 serving as a hinge connection between the pad and cover. That portion of the cover' defined by the transverse fold between the flap 21 and the main body of the cover functions in conjunction with the separable fastener 17 and 19 to secure the pad against edgewise displacement Within the cover. However, with movement of the cover to the extended position shown in Fig. 4, the check pad is free to be swung in the plane of itself to any angular position desired and without separating the parts of the fastener and hence maintaining the check pad physically Connected to the cover. l v

It will be understood that 'When all of the checks 15 have been torn from the stubs 16 and it is desired to remove the stubs, it is only necessary to separate the parts 17 and 19 ofthe fastener, and the head. member 17 can be used in conjunction with other socket members to Secure the stubs in fixed position with a suitable container Which may be provided for the purpose.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of check book embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made herein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spiritand scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A check book having a check pad including stubs, a cover therefor, one end of which is inturned to form a flap beneath Which the stub end ofV the check pad is received, and a separable fastener having one part secured to the stub end of the check pad and the other part secured to said flap to be engaged by the first part and retain the check pad on the flap so that in the normal position of the flap the check pad is held within the cover but when unfolded or extended the check pad may be extended from the cover so as to occupy an end-to-end position thereto.

2. A check book as embodied in claim 1 Wherein that part of the fastener Secured to the check pad is extended through all check stubs of the pad to hold the checks in pad form.

3. A check book as embodied in claim 1 Wherein the parts of the fastener When engaging each other are relatively rotatable about a common axis to allow the check pad when extended to be moved to various angular positions with respect to the cover.

signed at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, this 10th day of February, 1928.

' ALOYSIUS J. UNIACK. 

